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For those who want a basic guide to who's who in the Syrian Civil War, here is a list of all factions in the civil war with a short description of their goals, size, and allegiance. For the second part, here is a list of all those affiliated with the Islamic Front, a mass coalition of Islamist rebels which boasts 50,000-60,000 members.

Ahrar al-Sham Brigades - Islamist group.

Al-Naser Saleheddin Brigade - Islamist group.

Amr Ibn al-Aas Brigade - Islamist group. Named for the leader of the Islamic Conquest of Egypt.

Al-Fajr Islamic Movement - Islamist group. Named for the 89th Sura of the Quran that explains the destruction of the disbelieving Ancient Egyptians among others and condemns the wealthy whom hate the poor.

"Unification Brigade" and "al-Tawhid Brigade" are the one and the same group

"Syrian Islamic Liberation Front" (SILF) doesn't exist anymore since the merger of "Islamic Front" (IF) likewiese the "Syrian Islamic Front" (SIF) also doesn't exist anymore. Both are now united in the group of Islamic Front.

The ones that are way off the spectrum politically, yes. They come from mostly Iraq, the Gulf and the Caucasus. I'd guesstimate around 20% are foreigners. They are mostly not within this collective OP outlined here. More Al Qaeda like ISIS.

Also keep in mind, while these are all named "Islamist" they're not all on the same ideology. For example, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates are all by law Islamic countries. Islamists are the people seeking to establish this. The Farouq brigade, formerly a very powerful secular brigade in the FSA, decided to lean into religion to receive more support because it was advantageous. They are not too religious. Though they have died down. They also have a huge member base. Though I'm not saying a lot of these guys aren't craycray, because a whole lot of them are. I'm just trying to say there's a bunch of ideological diversity within this group of people.

Unfortunately, with the cards played, these are the options we have. Go a bit religious and get some of that oil money or in most cases nowadays, with the increasing sectarian faults and sidelined population, go batshit crazy fundamental or go Assad and throw away your humanity.